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Although I'm active in the main forums, this question is really unrelated to that, so I thought maybe I'd post here. W has a serious boyfriend and has had some FWB's in the last year. I've had really one FWB in that time, and would love another, or even something LT. Now here's the question: How to best approach a woman that I like, and that I think likes me?

I had met this woman a couple of times superficially through dinners or parties with friends. At a recent Mardi Gras party that we hosted at our home, this woman was there. She kept making eye contact, and we were both somewhat inebriated. Before long, and I'm not sure how all this started, we were making out like horny teenagers whenever we could manage to get ourselves alone. I'm talking serious dry humping, breast-sucking, etc. It's like she was sending off this amazing sexual energy and I could NOT keep my hands off her.

Since that night we've exchanged quite a few texts, mostly small talk, but a little about the open relationship my wife and I have. I'm not good at this kind of thing. How do I move to the next level? I keep wondering if her interest in me is real or if it was just drunken horniness. She is single for 10 years or so following a 5 year marriage, and says she's not currently in a relationship.

She knows you have an open relationship with your wife and she still gives you the time of day? You got everything to gain and nothing to lose. She hasn't run away for the hills screaming "No way", so just ask her in text, "Wanna go on a date?" Also, ask her if she would like to meet your wife sometime, if your wife is up for that of course. That should break the ice.

Next time you're texting, just call her up and have a chat. Don't have any specific goals in mind, except just to enjoy a fun, light hearted interaction (although if you find yourself getting into serious stuff at some point, just let the conversation goes where it wants).

Then when the convo reaches a high point, suggest meeting up for a drink.

'I'd like to see you again...next week for a drink would be good - nothing too heavy, nice and chilled. Monday or Thursday is good for me...how does that fit in with you?'

And let her respond.

She may well ask you where you're thinking of, so have somewhere in mind - think logistics in terms of where you and she live, and the kind of place you like to go to. Personally I like to meet girls in a quiet lounge bar where music is playing not too loud, but just loud enough for an atmosphere. Ideally there is a comfy sofa or similar in a corner that we can get cosy together in (or at least a table in the corner where you can sit close to each other at).

Basically you take the lead all the way, without being domineering. Assume that she wants you to do this (she probably does from what you've already said). Many women are interested but won't actually take the lead in sorting out a date, making the first move, going in for the kiss etc...so you have to be willing to take on that responsibility.

I guess I'm having trouble discerning that fine line between wanting to seem eager yet not TOO eager.

I think that your real self is always shining through.

You can fool people for a while, but if you're needy, it will become obvious no matter how much you try to pretend otherwise. Conversely, if you're not needy you can do stuff that would normally be perceived as needy and get away with it, because you're not doing it from a place of neediness.

You're only short on confidence here because you're out of practice. Leap back on the horse a few times and you'll be fine

The wife and I actually met up with our friends last night at a local bar. This girl I am hot for was there with them, and I actually spent some quality time sitting next to her and chatting. The couple she was with is a couple we've swung with before, and she has had at least one encounter with them (along with a fourth male).

I still haven't managed to pull the trigger with asking her out. I just need to somehow muster the courage. I guess it could happen through getting together with this couple at some point, similar to the foursome she's apparently experienced with them already. But I would also love a good FWB that I could date every now and then.

I'm the densest man on earth, and you've got me beat. To say the signs are all there doesn't cover it - you've already passed Go. The only thing missing is a formal "date" - which frankly isn't necessarily required in this instance. Send her a text asking when she's available for dinner. Don't ASK if she'd like to go to dinner, word it just like that - ask when she's available for dinner. You're way passed the "mustering courage" stage, and apparently you're the only one that doesn't know it.

Actually, MrS may be the densest man on earth* - but liTN is coming close. Glad you got up the courage to txt her about this - Good Luck!

JaneQ

*He can NEVER tell when someone is hitting on him. We were out at dinner once and the (very cute) waitress was hitting on him over the course of serving us. "I'm new in town...haven't had a chance to meet many people yet." "Do you know of any good dance clubs in the area?" "I get off in a few hours and still don't know what I am going to do with my evening."

I watch him be all polite and friendly ... and clueless. NO IDEA. As we are walking out I say to him: "What does it take, man? Does she literally have to walk up to you and SAY, 'I think you are cute. I get off work at 5. Will you take me to a dance club?'" - yes, actually, that's EXACTLY what it takes. Jeesh! (Of course, I have been teasing him about this episode for the last 10 years - and he is still just as clueless when it happens.)

^That's me. Every time. My friends all the way back to Jr. High gave me crap about it. By my Sophomore year in High School, they had a name for it - Theresa Cox Syndrome. Theresa was one of the most sought after girls in school, and I made it all the way to Homecoming without a clue that she had a huge crush on me all year. I missed taking her to Homecoming - and apparently broke her heart in the process - because of this "disorder". It hasn't gotten much better in the 22 years since...